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[MATURIN, Charles Robert (1780-1824)]. Women; or, Pour et Contre. Edinburgh: Archibald Constanble & London: Longman [etc.], 1818. 3 volumes, 12° (178 x 105mm). (A little spotting, occasional soiling and browning, C6-7 of vol. I detached.) Contemporary green half calf (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Samuel Raymond (bookplate). FIRST EDITION of this satire on Methodism also known for its depictions of Dublin undergraduate life. Block p. 156; Sadleir 1670; Summers A Gothic Bibliography p. 562; Wolff 4653.
[DE QUINCEY, THOMAS (1785-1859)]. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. London: Taylor and Hessey, 1822. 12° (155 x 95mm). With half-title and 3 advertisement leaves atend. Contemporary red half calf (lightly rubbed, small tear to front cover). Provenance: Charles Russell 'bought July 1924 for £17.10.0 Hodgson in Chancery Lane' (pencil inscription; presumably Sir Charles Russell [1863-1928], the solicitor who acted for the marquess of Queensberry against Oscar Wilde in 1895). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Lowndes 2026; Norman 619:'the most famous account of drug addiction in English literature'.
[DE QUINCEY, THOMAS (1785-1859)]. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. London: Taylor and Hessey, 1822. 12° (155 x 95mm). With half-title and 3 advertisement leaves atend. Contemporary red half calf (lightly rubbed, small tear to front cover). Provenance: Charles Russell 'bought July 1924 for £17.10.0 Hodgson in Chancery Lane' (pencil inscription; presumably Sir Charles Russell [1863-1928], the solicitor who acted for the marquess of Queensberry against Oscar Wilde in 1895). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Lowndes 2026; Norman 619:'the most famous account of drug addiction in English literature'.